You've seen my daughter here a few times. She's a smart, sassy, fun-loving 7-year-old who loves being outside just as much as the rest of our family. Skipping, biking, swimming and sledding are among her favourites, but she's really up for anything.
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| Maple Syrup Festival - March 2011 |
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| Kayaking - July 2011 |
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| Monkeying around - September 2011 |
This girl announced 2 weeks ago that she wants to host her own race this season.
She even had a concept: call it the "Rudolph Run", invite our friends and try to raise money for cancer research.
She even had a concept: call it the "Rudolph Run", invite our friends and try to raise money for cancer research.
Excuse me while my jaw hits the floor.
"Sounds great - do you have anything else in mind for this?"
Yes. It should be about 5K with a 1K for any smaller kids, it should be at a local park, it should be free to sign up, we should have water and snacks at the finish line, and we should have race bibs.
"Okayyyyy - you've clearly thought this out! Do you want to make this happen?"
YES.
So - we've spent the last two weeks picking a day (November 27), measuring trails at a park (thank you, Google Maps), settling on a 3K and a 1K route, selecting a charity (the Terry Fox Foundation), getting the word out to our friends and her classmates, picking up supplies and ordering bibs. She's the Race Director and has recruited the rest of us as event staff - I'm the secretary, her brother designed and typed up a poster, her father will work the start & finish line and take pictures.
Can I tell you how proud I am of this girl? Actually, I don't have the words for it.
She's seven.
I can't wait to see what she comes up with next.
I'm really looking forward to this race! Please say a little prayer for us that the weather cooperates.
Here's this week's recap -
Saturday - Gym + 20 pushups; 2K run/walk with Stella.
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| GPOYD - Watching squirrels on our way home from the dog park |
Monday - 2K dog park walk; Curves + boot camp lite (9 mins on stairstepper, 120 assorted crunches, 30 pushups), 2K dog walk.
Tuesday - Rest day. 1.5K dog walk
Wednesday - 2K walk with the dog.
Thursday - 2K dog park walk; Zumba + Curves + boot camp (10 minutes on the stairstepper, 270 assorted crunches, 40 pushups); 2K run/walk with Stella. And...LOOK AT WHAT I CAN DO!
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| GPOY achieving an NSV |
Friday - Rest day. Followed by my office holiday party tonight. I'm planning to eat well today and not go overboard tonight. Wish me luck...and willpower, K? Thanks.
That's so exciting that your daughter is doing that! She's following the example set by somebody I know.
ReplyDeleteThat is really cool that you can do the bridge. I would have the same initial reaction: "I can't do that." In fact, I basically did have that reaction reading, so I almost got down on the floor to try. I kind of wrenched some of my muscles yesterday though, so I'll wait a couple days to find out if I can.